Time’s Up: US Department of Education Approves First College to Ditch the Credit Hour
For more than 100 years, the time-based credit hour has been the currency of higher education. Originally…
Rethinking Teacher Evaluation for the Competency-Based Grading & Reporting Environment
Introduction: Rethinking the Effectiveness of the Dog & Pony Show Model During my first three years as…
Unleashed to Learn: Book Highlights Performance Assessment
A new book by Linda C. Aronson, Unleashed to Learn: Empowering Students to Learn at Full Capacity,…
Does the NCAA Allow Online Courses or Competency-Based Education?
Does the NCAA allow online courses for high school athletes to be eligible for college? The short…
Department of Education Letter Could Put Cracks in the Credit Hour
This post was originally published on March 19, 2013 by the New America Foundation. The U.S. Department…
Which Pilot Do You Want Flying Your Plane?
Last week I had the opportunity to deliver the keynote to a large group of school administrators…
Wait…Don’t…Oh, missed it.
Those who have had the experience of living or working in a large city know the rush…
The Project IS the Learning!
Typically, teachers launch projects after students have learned concepts and skills, or as a culminating activity in…
Where Are the Bullets?
Oh the lure of the quick fix. Humans are fascinated with them. Without this attraction, con artists…